Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - July 2000 =================================================== The weather in July was so poor that I refuse to write even a single line on meteor activity. The still remarkable number of observing nights is misleading, as most observations were carried out in clouds gaps of limited duration only. In July 1999 individual observers logged almost as many hours as all observers together in this year! Anyway, there is at least some positive news: Joerg Strunk has started to operate a video system in parallel to his fireball camera at Leopoldshoehe. He will certainly contribute many valuable observations to our network in the near future. The only thing that's still missing is a proper name for his camera. :-) 1. Observers ============ Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI Molau Aachen AVIS (2.0/35) 40 deg 5.0 mag 10 22.4 h 120 NITMI Nitschke Dresden VK1 (0.75/50) 20 deg 7.0 mag 3 12.4 h 104 RENJU Rendtel Marquardt CARMEN (1.8/28) 28 deg 5.0 mag 5 16.7 h 81 STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe NONAME (2.0/28) 45 deg 5.0 mag 2 7.7 h 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall 13 59.2 h 351 2. Observing Times (h) ====================== July 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - - 4.1 - - 1.2 - 1.4 - - - 0.7 - - - NITMI - - - 3.3 - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - - - - - 3.8 - - - - - - - - 0.3 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum - - 4.1 3.3 - 5.0 - 1.4 - - - 0.7 - - 0.3 July 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - - - 2.7 3.2 - 3.8 0.9 - - - - - - 2.3 2.1 NITMI - - - - - - - - - 4.1 - - - - - 5.0 RENJU - - - - - - - 4.8 - 2.2 - - - - - 5.6 STRJO - - - - - - - 3.3 - - - - - - - 4.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum - - - 2.7 3.2 - 3.8 9.0 - 6.3 - - - - 2.3 17.1 3. Results (Meteors) ==================== July 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - - 17 - - 6 - 2 - - - 2 - - - NITMI - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 1 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum - - 17 20 - 16 - 2 - - - 2 - - 1 July 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - - - 8 19 - 20 10 - - - - - - 20 16 NITMI - - - - - - - - - 44 - - - - - 40 RENJU - - - - - - - 18 - 5 - - - - - 47 STRJO - - - - - - - 17 - - - - - - - 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum - - - 8 19 - 20 45 - 49 - - - - 20 132 Sirko Molau, 2000/08/02